July 9, 2018 – The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) Director Shelly Edgerton has approved adding eleven new medical conditions to the list of debilitating medical conditions set forth in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act of 2008.

“With the changes in state law to include marihuana-infused products, and the advancement of marihuana research, and upon the recommendation of the panel members, I’ve added these eleven conditions to the approved list,” said Edgerton. “I’d like to thank the members of the review panel for their hard work in discussing these petitions and making their recommendations.”

The following conditions were approved by Edgerton after a majority of the Medical Marihuana Review Panel members recommended approval:

Arthritis

Autism

Chronic Pain

Colitis

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Parkinson’s

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Spinal Cord Injury

Tourette’s Syndrome

Ulcerative Colitis

The following conditions were denied by Edgerton after a majority of the Medical Marihuana Review Panel members recommended denial:

Anxiety

Asthma

Brain Injury

Depression

Diabetes

Gastric Ulcer

Non-Severe and Non-Chronic Pain

Organ Transplant

Panic Attacks

Schizophrenia

Social Anxiety Disorder

The Medical Marihuana Review Panel made their recommendations to Edgerton after receiving citizen comments in April and May related to the petitions to add these particular medical conditions to the list of debilitating medical conditions identified in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MCL 333.26423). The approval or denial of the petitions by Edgerton are considered final department actions.

Effective immediately, these eleven conditions are now added to the following current list of debilitating medical conditions already approved for medical marihuana in the state of Michigan:

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Cancer

Glaucoma

Positive status for Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Hepatitis C

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Crohn's Disease

Agitation of Alzheimer's disease

Nail Patella, or the treatment of these conditions.

A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following:

Cachexia or Wasting Syndrome

Severe and chronic pain

Severe nausea

Seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy

Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis